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Court sends Lagos pastor, wife to prison over N33.8m fraud

Court sends Lagos pastor, wife to prison over N33.8m fraud

In Lagos State, the Pastor of Kingdom Power International Christian Praying Centee Ishashi, Lagos, Azuka Ohez, has been remanded in a correctional facility over fraudulent activities.

He was was remanded alongside his wife, Mary Ohez, by a Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

The duo are standing trial over their alleged involvement in defrauding a lubricant company of N33.8 million.

The defendants are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and fraud.

The couple, whose addresses were not divulged, were arraigned in the chamber of the magistrate.

The Chief Magistrate, Adeola Olatubosun, ordered that the couple be remanded in Ikoyi Correctional Centre until the perfection of their bails.

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Olatubosun granted them bail in the sum of N10 million each, with two responsible sureties each in like sum.

She, however, adjourned the case until May 13 for a substantive trial.

The prosecutor, ASP Rita Momah, had told the court that the duo and some others still at large committed the offences on July 13, 2023, at Oba Ayoka St, Lagos.

Momah alleged that the couple and one Chijioke Ezekirian conspired to steal and receive proceeds of sales from Climax Lubricants Industries in Lagos.

She averred that the couple knowingly received the total sum of N33.8 million through Fidelity Bank KPICPC account numbers 2033723459 and 5600923549 from Chijioke Ezekirian.

Momah said the offences contravene Sections 328 (1) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

Court sends Lagos pastor, wife to prison over N33.8m fraud

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